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Aug 1, 2008
08/08
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How They Got Game Project, Stanford University
movies
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These are the last few minutes of EA-Land at the See You Soon Party in EA Town Hall, hosted by EA's Parizad. Tears are shed, final goodbyes are made, and lasting memories are created before the plug is pulled and the world is brought to an end. The party was held in the Community Pub (Test Center 3) and EA Town Hall (EA-Land), beginning Thursday, July 31st, 11 p.m and with a scheduled ending of 4 a.m. PDT. The game world was officially shut down as of 4:35am PST, August 1st, 2008. If you have a...
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Topics: EA-Land, The Sims Online, Archiving Virtual Worlds, Electronic Arts, Shutdown, Parizad, See You...
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Nov 11, 2011
11/11
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Tobias "Dopefish" Lundmark
movies
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The Nogg-aholics were a "community" of WoW players called the Nogg-aholic Collaboration (NAC). During their halcyon days, from 7 Jan. 2006 to 7. Jan 2007, they gathered instead around an information resource, the Nogg-aholic Forum, and a collaborative machinima project, "My Burning Valentine." Led by prominent WoW explorers such as Dopefish, Malu05 and Snoman, this group of players applied their "leet skills" to "explore the unexplored," a motto affixed...
Topics: World of Warcraft, Blizzard Entertainment, Nogg-Aholics, Dopefish, Lundmark, Tobias, Forg
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Aug 8, 2008
08/08
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536 Productions
movies
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AVATARA, a documentary about Traveler and its inahbitants (made in 2003) by 536 Productions of Vancouver, BC, Canada. Note that in the introductory audio dialogue, the speaker mentions the date of 1993, more likely this was 1996, the year Onlive Traveler was released to the public. This footage was supplied to the Preserving Virtual Worlds project by Bruce Damer from his collection of videos documenting the history of virtual worlds.
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Topics: Virtual Worlds, Bruce Damer Virtual World Videos Collection, Damer, Bruce
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Sep 12, 2008
09/08
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Henry Lowood
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"The history of multiplayer game worlds and virtual realities can be told with reference to a variety of documentary sources. Players find the most compelling "proof" of a memorable event or claimed exploit in visual documentation captured from actual gameplay: Screenshots or, even better, video recordings of the actual events. "Game Capture" glimpses moments from multiplayer games and virtual worlds through screenshots and video grabbed (and sometimes edited) by and...
Topics: Massively Multiplayer Games, MUD1, Habitat, Ultima Online, Quake 2, Thresh, Billox, Everquest,...
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Jun 2, 2008
06/08
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Henry Lowood
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Video capture from gathering before first day, 9 May 2008, of "Convergence of the Real and the Virtual," The First Scientific Conference in World of Warcraft. These video captures show the conference group gathering on the first day, before the session begins. Some shots include the user interface, some do not. The character whose view is shown is Liebenwalde(Henry Lowood). "This is a scientific conference to be held May 9-11, 2008, inside World of Warcraft, devoted to research...
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Topics: World of Warcraft, Blizzard Entertainment, Convergence of the Real and the Virtual, Science magazine
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Oct 14, 2008
10/08
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Gnoxie
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Showing a full clearing of the black temple - World of Warcraft - With special focus on Illidan
Topics: World of Warcraft, Blizzard Entertainment, Fear (Guild), Sylvanus (Server), Gnoxie Productions
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May 25, 2012
05/12
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Henry Lowood
movies
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This set of files and the write-up document efforts by Stanford's How They Got Game team, as part of the Virtual Worlds 2 project, to experiment with data input as a means for game software preservation auditing.
Topic: DOOM
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Sep 23, 2011
09/11
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Paladia
movies
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"A World of Warcraft video on how to reach the secret island south of Kalimdor as well as reaching the end of the world. Took quite a bit of nifty tricks to reach it, including waterwalk, swiftness, reincarnate and more. It uses the 3ivx D4 4.5.1 Pro Video Codec." -- Paladia, Warcraft Movies website, http://www.warcraftmovies.com/movieview.php?id=532 "The following video shows a horde character making it to the secret island while the "message in the bottle" note still...
Topics: World of Warcraft, Blizzard Entertainment, Paladia
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Aug 8, 2008
08/08
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Computer Associates
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This footage was supplied to the Preserving Virtual Worlds project by Bruce Damer from his collection of videos documenting the history of virtual worlds.
Topics: Virtual Worlds, Bruce Damer Virtual World Videos Collection, Damer, Bruce
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Mar 24, 2011
03/11
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De La Pena, Nonny
movies
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"A USC Center for Scholarly Technology and Technology Enhanced Learning project uses the virtual world of Second Life to immerse students inside the story they are covering - what would happen if campus could not be accessed to due a natural disaster? Could continuity of teaching be guaranteed? What are the advantages of digital tools for teaching, what works, what doesn't. Draxtor Despres spent time with a class of international journalism students to find out." --...
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Topics: Second Life, Linden Lab, De La Pena, Nonny, Castaneda, Laura, Chapman, Wendy, University of...
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Aug 8, 2008
08/08
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Computer Associates
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This footage was supplied to the Preserving Virtual Worlds project by Bruce Damer from his collection of videos documenting the history of virtual worlds.
Topics: Virtual Worlds, Bruce Damer Virtual World Videos Collection, Damer, Bruce
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Nov 11, 2011
11/11
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Wright, Rob = Robbie Dingo
movies
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"On August 3rd, Suzanne Vega performed in Second Life on the program The Infinite Mind, public radio's premiere health and science program. This is a machinima animated movie of Robbie Dingo making the guitar used by Suzanne at the event which entirely took place live within Second Life. It was the first broadcast to emanate live from 3D virtual cyberspace and the first major musical artist to perform live in Second Life. Visit www.lcmedia.typepad.com/the_infinite_mind for more on the...
Topics: Second Life, Linden Lab, Wright, Rob, Robbie Dingo, Vega, Suzanne
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Aug 8, 2008
08/08
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DigiBarn Computer Museum
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Digibarn: Original 1974 Maze War Version running on restored Imlac PDS-1 by Tom Uban (Nov 2004) This footage was supplied to the Preserving Virtual Worlds project by Bruce Damer from his collection of videos documenting the history of virtual worlds.
Topics: Virtual Worlds, Bruce Damer Virtual World Videos Collection, Damer, Bruce
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Feb 9, 2012
02/12
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Bruce Damer, Galen Brandt
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Who is Bruce is a short visual portfolio about Bruce Damer, his projects and life. See projects including Cyberwearz fashion, Weird Machines artwork, pioneering virtual worlds and avatars work, NASA mission visualization and design, the EvoGrid and life at Ancient Oaks Farm and the DigiBarn Computer Museum. From Bruce: this piece is used in my "Beyond 2012" performances during this, my fiftieth year on the planet. Great thanks go out to Dhiren Dasu for producing the soundtrack and to...
Topics: Damer, Bruce, Avatars, NASA, Outer Space, EvoGrid, DigiBarn Computer Museum, Brandt, Galen, Dasu,...
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This is playthrough of Typing of the Dead II (TotD) as part of the Preserving Virtual Worlds 2 project. This collection includes play by Eric Kaltman, Daniel Doughtery, and Susan Rojo at How They Got Game (Stanford). The video of TotD on the PC was captured using FRAPS.
Topics: Typing of the Dead, SEGA, Smilebit, Empire Interactive, How They Got Game Project, Preserving...
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Jul 31, 2009
07/09
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Tobias "Dopefish" Lundmark
movies
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"Movie Summary Video: DivX 6, 2000kbps, 640x480 @ 25 fps Audio: Mp3, 56kbps, 24khz, Stereo Source: Fraps, 800x600 @ 25 fps Nominated for best tech, best audio and best WoW movie for the fourth annual Golden Llama Awards. Golden Llama Nominations Golden Llama Awards This is the long awaited sequal of Exploration the movie, I hope it hasn't became too hyped because of all the delays. Its been in over two months of production with over 50gb of raw data and almost 400 of unique clips, and it...
Topics: World of Warcraft, Blizzard Entertainment, Nogg-Aholics, Dopefish, Lundmark, Tobias, Forg
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This is playthrough of Typing of the Dead (TotD) as part of the Preserving Virtual Worlds 2 project. This collection includes play by Eric Kaltman, Daniel Doughtery, and Susan Rojo at How They Got Game (Stanford). The video of TotD on the Dreamcast was captured using a Flip video recorder.
Topics: Typing of the Dead, SEGA, Smilebit, Empire Interactive, How They Got Game Project, Preserving...
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Aug 28, 2005
08/05
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Fortitude (Guild)
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Fortitude Doing What They Know Best, Raiding. Footage Was Taken Over The Course Of A Week And Some, And Compiled For Your Viewing Pleasure. Watch Out For Fortitude Come DoF Expansion, Server Domination Is On The Horizon.
Topics: Everquest 2, Fortitude (Guild), Raids, Sony Online Entertainment
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Aug 22, 2008
08/08
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How They Got Game Project, Stanford University
movies
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Karazhan, also known as Medivh's Tower or the Ivory Tower, is an abandoned citadel located on a nexus of ley lines in southern Deadwind Pass. The tower is best known for its last known occupant — Medivh, the last Guardian of Tirisfal. After Medivh was killed by the army of Stormwind, the tower sealed itself off from the rest of the world. But recently, Karazhan has reawakened — an evil presence has taken the tower as its own, its halls crawling with spirits and demons...and Medivh's...
Topics: World of Warcraft, Blizzard, Player Vs. Player, Instances, Raids, Karazhan, How They Got Game,...
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Sep 22, 2011
09/11
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Tobias "Dopefish" Lundmark; Pathologist (a.k.a. dyF1.6, Sukult)
movies
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"Movie Summary This is a amazing remake by Pathologist of the original Exploration that was made by me (Dopefish). If you like either Exploration or the Unknown series, this is a must watch, with yet again just amazing artistic graphical editing by Pathologist. Link to the original Exploration This is a true tribute to WoW exploration and to Blizzard for making a great game.. " -- Dopefish, Warcraft Movies site, http://www.warcraftmovies.com/movieview.php?id=11836
Topics: World of Warcraft, Blizzard Entertainment, Pathologist, Nogg-Aholics, Dopefish, Lundmark, Tobias,...
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Jun 2, 2008
06/08
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Douglas Wilson
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This video is one of two loops prepared by Douglas Wilson for an exhibit curated by Henry Lowood and Casey Alt of the How They Got Game Project, Stanford Humanities Lab, called "Fictional Worlds, Virtual Experiences: Storytelling and Computer Games." The exhibit was hosted by the Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University and ran from 12 Nov. 2003 through 28 March 2004. Featured games include Adventure, Ultima IV, Final Fantasy 4, Final Fantasy 7, Half-Life, The Secret of...
Topics: Wilson, Douglas, How They Got Game project
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Aug 20, 2008
08/08
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How They Got Game Project, Stanford University
movies
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This video captures the entire See You Soon Party in EA Town Hall, hosted by EA's Parizad. Tears are shed, final goodbyes are made, and lasting memories are created before the plug is pulled and the world is brought to an end. The party was held in the Community Pub (Test Center 3) and EA Town Hall (EA-Land), beginning Thursday, July 31st, 11 p.m and with a scheduled ending of 4 a.m. PDT. The game world was officially shut down as of 4:35am PST, August 1st, 2008. Many players knew each other...
Topics: EA-Land, The Sims Online, Archiving Virtual Worlds, Electronic Arts, Shutdown, Parizad, See You...
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Nov 9, 2016
11/16
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Dr. Bruce Damer
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This is a web extract of Bruce Damer's classic book "Avatars! Exploring and Building Virtual Worlds on the Internet" Published by Peachpit Press in October of 1997. Also included along with the full chapter text and images are extra appendices, interviews and tutorials. This PDF file is a dump of the book's public web site which was published on the CD-ROM and is also available online at: http://www.digitalspace.com/avatars/book/fullbook/index.htm
Topics: avatars, virtual worlds, internet, chat rooms, virtual reality, multi-player games, early social...
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Aug 28, 2009
08/09
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Stanford University Libraries & Academic Information Resources
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This video provides a tour of Stanford University Libraries' Special Collections Virtual Archives. This Virtual Archive is a very small but growing subset of their deep storage facility replicated in Second Life. For the first time scholars from around the world and the casual Second Life passersby can walk through Stanford's closed stacks and browse some of their manuscript collections. In Real Life this access is restricted to Special Collections staff only. This video shows how to navigate...
Topics: Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources, Second Life, Linden Lab,...
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Apr 19, 2012
04/12
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Christopher Walker, South World Productions
movies
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comment 0
VWTimeline: SW City in Active Worlds by Christopher Walker (2006)
Topics: virtual worlds, avatars
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1.0K
Aug 8, 2008
08/08
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Second Life Community Convention
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This footage was supplied to the Preserving Virtual Worlds project by Bruce Damer from his collection of videos documenting the history of virtual worlds.
Topics: Virtual Worlds, Bruce Damer Virtual World Videos Collection, Damer, Bruce
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Aug 8, 2008
08/08
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Second Life Community Convention
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This footage was supplied to the Preserving Virtual Worlds project by Bruce Damer from his collection of videos documenting the history of virtual worlds.
Topics: Virtual Worlds, Bruce Damer Virtual World Videos Collection, Damer, Bruce
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May 29, 2005
05/05
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Sithas
movies
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comment 0
Everquest 2 guild "Fortitude" going up against the epic King Drayek encounter. Overall a fun video and worth checking out!
Topics: Everquest 2, Fortitude (Guild), King Drayek, Sony Online Entertainment
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887
Mar 31, 2012
03/12
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Bruce Damer, CASCON Conference
movies
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VWTimeline: Bruce Damer's IBM CASCON 98 Avatars demo (Dec 1998, Toronto). Bruce Damer demonstrates first generation avatar virtual worlds on the Internet. Included is Traveler, Active Words and the Avatars98 cyber-conference held just two weeks previously, Stephen Spielberg's Starbright world, Biota and more.
Topics: avatars, virtual worlds, voice interfaces, avatars98
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876
Jul 29, 2008
07/08
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How They Got Game Project, Stanford University
movies
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A Horde Player vs. Player (PvP) guild called "Learn to PvP" raids Stormwind and Ironforge on the Frostmane realm (server). The raid begins with the first contact with the Alliance at the entrance of Stormwind, goes through runs as a ghost and attempts to rush back, and finally a run through the tram system along with a final rush into Ironforge. At the end, guild members see who can stay alive the longest in the enemy city. This footage was captured as part of the Preserving Virtual...
Topics: World of Warcraft, Blizzard Entertainment, Guilds, Player vs. Player, PvP, Learn to PvP, Raids,...
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876
Aug 4, 2011
08/11
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Paul Driscoll
movies
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Welcome to my History of Video Games where I try to tell the story from its beginnings through to the present day and the future. On reading video game histories I have always been frustrated by many of the systems I and my friends grew up with in the UK not being mentioned or at best being only given a foot note. The reason is of course many of these publications are American in origin and so of course over there these systems were little known about. Also a lot of these books didn't cover...
Topics: DSK, Reto, Game, History, Sega, Nintendo, Atari, Amiga, C64, Spectrum, GTA, Game, Gaming, Pac
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854
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Bruce Damer interviewed by Henry Lowood on the origins of Virtual Worlds. This clip is on terminology. The interview took place at Stanford University on 8 April, 2009 as part of the Preserving Virtual Worlds project sponsored by the Library of Congress. The full version of this interview can be found in the collection along with other clips from the original.
Topics: Virtual Worlds, Avatars, Bruce Damer
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Mar 24, 2017
03/17
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Allan Lundell
movies
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Featuring outtakes from the "Earth to Avatars" conference hosted by the Contact Consortium on October 26-27th, 1996 at the ANA Hotel in San Francisco. Features short cameos of: conference exhibitors showing virtual worlds with avatars, attendee conversations, panels, art events, and the Saturday night "come as your favorite avatars" Halloween party featuring the first annual Avvy Awards. Recorded by Allan Lundell of Virtual World Studios with appearances by conference...
Topics: avatars, virtual worlds, conference, san francisco, 1996
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Aug 21, 2008
08/08
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How They Got Game Project, Stanford University
movies
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MonkeyBear opens a museum showcasing the many popular, rare, and special objects and events that could be found in TSO/EA-Land over the years. From cannons to Mystic Trees to rare pets and old cities, MonkeyBear's Sims Online Museum leads us through a brief history of The Sims Online and EA-Land. This footage was captured as part of the Preserving Virtual Worlds project by the How They Got Game group at Stanford University.
Topics: EA-Land, The Sims Online, Archiving Virtual Worlds, Electronic Arts, Sims Online Museum,...
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818
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Bruce Damer interviewed by Henry Lowood on the origins of Virtual Worlds. This clip is on starting in-world meetings. The interview took place at Stanford University on 8 April, 2009 as part of the Preserving Virtual Worlds project sponsored by the Library of Congress. The full version of this interview can be found in the collection along with other clips from the original.
Topics: Virtual Worlds, Avatars, Bruce Damer
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813
Mar 24, 2017
03/17
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Allan Lundell, Bruce Damer
movies
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Featuring the "Avatars98-Inside Cyberspace" Cyberconference hosted by the Contact Consortium on November 21st, 1998. Full screen captures of the action inside the Active Worlds Av98 virtual world. This was the world's first cyberconference with live attendees represented as avatars (2 parts). Al captures walk throughs of major activities during this one day event including the Ground Zero meeting area, exhibit hall, art gallery, webcam wall, avvy awards stage and speaker pods accessed...
Topics: avatars, virtual worlds, Bruce Damer, cyberconference
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803
Aug 8, 2008
08/08
by
Starbright Foundation
movies
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This footage was supplied to the Preserving Virtual Worlds project by Bruce Damer from his collection of videos documenting the history of virtual worlds.
Topics: Virtual Worlds, Bruce Damer Virtual World Videos Collection, Damer, Bruce
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Aug 8, 2008
08/08
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Worlds, Incorporated
movies
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Worlds Inc: Worlds Chat, industrial demo of first Internet-based avatar world (May 1995 - exact date of video is unknown) This footage was supplied to the Preserving Virtual Worlds project by Bruce Damer from his collection of videos documenting the history of virtual worlds.
Topics: Virtual Worlds, Bruce Damer Virtual World Videos Collection, Damer, Bruce
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Bruce Damer interviewed by Henry Lowood on the origins of Virtual Worlds. This clip is on Bruce Damer's realization that virtual worlds are possible. The interview took place at Stanford University on 8 April, 2009 as part of the Preserving Virtual Worlds project sponsored by the Library of Congress. The full version of this interview can be found in the collection along with other clips from the original.
Topics: Virtual Worlds, Avatars, Bruce Damer
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Aug 22, 2008
08/08
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How They Got Game Project, Stanford University
movies
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To achieve the artisan skill level in First Aid, the secondary profession for making and using bandages to quickly heal wounds, players must complete a quest involving a mini-game. Although many quests have players out in dangerous territory doing battle, some involve less intensive activities. In this case, the player must solve a triage problem: which wounded soldiers to bandage before they succumb to their wounds. This footage was captured as part of the Preserving Virtual Worlds project by...
Topics: World of Warcraft, Blizzard Entertainment, Quests, Horde Trauma, First Aid, Classes, Archiving...
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776
Feb 7, 2014
02/14
by
Bibliotheca Anonoma Task Force
movies
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The 4chan Cup ============= The 4chan Cup is a series of virtual soccer tournaments played between soccer teams, that represent nearly every board on 4chan. The teams, the commentators, and the fans of the cup powerfully depict each board's unique culture, rivalries, and traditions. The 2013 4chan Summer Cup had over 2,700 unique viewers for it's most popular matches, a viewership that rivals that of physical soccer torunaments. Check out the spectacular introduction by Ken Ashcorp: Promo:...
Topics: 4chan, The 4chan Cup, Sports, E-Sports, Pro Evolution Soccer, Soccer, Football, Bibliotheca Anonoma
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775
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Bruce Damer interviewed by Henry Lowood on the origins of Virtual Worlds. This clip is on organizing the first in-world convention. The interview took place at Stanford University on 8 April, 2009 as part of the Preserving Virtual Worlds project sponsored by the Library of Congress. The full version of this interview can be found in the collection along with other clips from the original.
Topics: Virtual Worlds, Avatars, Bruce Damer
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Bruce Damer interviewed by Henry Lowood on the origins of Virtual Worlds. This clip is on the term Avatar. The interview took place at Stanford University on 8 April, 2009 as part of the Preserving Virtual Worlds project sponsored by the Library of Congress. The full version of this interview can be found in the collection along with other clips from the original.
Topics: Virtual Worlds, Avatars, Bruce Damer
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Bruce Damer interviewed by Henry Lowood on the origins of Virtual Worlds. This clip is on Prague. The interview took place at Stanford University on 8 April, 2009 as part of the Preserving Virtual Worlds project sponsored by the Library of Congress. The full version of this interview can be found in the collection along with other clips from the original.
Topics: Virtual Worlds, Avatars, Bruce Damer
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Bruce Damer interviewed by Henry Lowood on the origins of Virtual Worlds. This clip is on starting Contact Consortium. The interview took place at Stanford University on 8 April, 2009 as part of the Preserving Virtual Worlds project sponsored by the Library of Congress. The full version of this interview can be found in the collection along with other clips from the original.
Topics: Virtual Worlds, Avatars, Bruce Damer
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717
Mar 23, 2011
03/11
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Stanford University Libraries & Academic Information Resources
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This video provides a tour of the different exhibits, buildings and student work on Stanford University Libraries' island in the virtual world Second Life. Stanford University students, faculty and staff as well as the casual Second Life passersby can learn about the various exhibits and resources available via Second Life. These include exhibitions from Stanford University Libraries' Special Collections based on real life exhibits in the Cecil H. Green Library. There is also a Student Galleria...
Topics: Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources, Second Life, Linden Lab, Morin,...
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712
Aug 8, 2008
08/08
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Lucasfilm, Ltd.
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"Lucasfilm's Habitat -- it's a wonderful new place that's simply out of this world. Coming to life only on QuantumLink." Thus ends this remarkable demo of Habitat, Lucasfilm's graphical virtual world that ran on the QuantumLink (later known as AOL) network. Put together in 1986 by one the co-designer of Habitat, Chip Morningstar, this video addresses many of the features and issues of virtual worlds, such as avatar creation and experimentation with identities. For more information on...
Topics: Lucasfilm, Habitat, Morningstar, Chip, Virtual Worlds, Bruce Damer Virtual World Videos Collection,...
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709
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Bruce Damer interviewed by Henry Lowood on the origins of Virtual Worlds. This clip is on doodling. The interview took place at Stanford University on 8 April, 2009 as part of the Preserving Virtual Worlds project sponsored by the Library of Congress. The full version of this interview can be found in the collection along with other clips from the original.
Topics: Virtual Worlds, Avatars, Bruce Damer
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692
Feb 28, 2011
02/11
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Henry Lowood
movies
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This is a playthrough of the "original mode" of Typing of the Dead as part of the Preserving Virtual Worlds 2 project. The player was Henry Lowood at How They Got Game (Stanford) and the video was captured using FRAPS on 28 Feb. 2011.
Topics: Typing of the Dead, SEGA, Smilebit, Empire Interactive, How They Got Game Project, Preserving...
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681
Feb 23, 2014
02/14
by
Bibliotheca Anonoma Task Force
movies
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The 4chan Cup ============= The 4chan Cup is a series of virtual soccer tournaments played between soccer teams, that represent nearly every board on 4chan. The teams, the commentators, and the fans of the cup powerfully depict each board's unique culture, rivalries, and traditions. The 2013 4chan Summer Cup had over 2,700 unique viewers for it's most popular matches, a viewership that rivals that of physical soccer tournaments. Check out the spectacular introduction by Ken Ashcorp: Promo:...
Topics: 4chan, The 4chan Cup, Sports, E-Sports, Pro Evolution Soccer, Soccer, Football, Bibliotheca Anonoma
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Bruce Damer interviewed by Henry Lowood on the origins of Virtual Worlds. This clip is on Bruce Damer's personal background. The interview took place at Stanford University on 8 April, 2009 as part of the Preserving Virtual Worlds project sponsored by the Library of Congress. The full version of this interview can also be found in the collection along with other clips from the original.
Topics: Virtual Worlds, Avatars, Bruce Damer
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Bruce Damer interviewed by Henry Lowood on the origins of Virtual Worlds. This interview took place at Stanford University on 8 April, 2009 as part of the Archiving Virtual Worlds project sponsored by the Library of Congress. Short clips from this interview can also be found in the collection.
Topics: Virtual Worlds, Avatars, Bruce Damer
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652
Jul 29, 2008
07/08
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How They Got Game Project, Stanford University
movies
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This dark roleplay simulator is based on a 1981 movie, Escape from New York. The synopsis is that "the city has been turned into a place where criminals reign, convicts are champions, and thugs take what they desire without consequence". The introductory area is a safe place outside of the city in which one can buy weapons, practice by sparring, and get acquainted with the region. Once we step inside, we can take a tour of the remains of this dystopian New York. This footage was...
Topics: Second Life, Archiving Virtual Worlds, Linden Lab, Roleplay, Escape from New York, Movie Themes,...
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Mar 23, 2011
03/11
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Stanford University Libraries & Academic Information Resources
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This video provides a quick look at the different resources available on Stanford University Libraries' island in the virtual world Second Life. Viewers get a glimpse of the Virtual Archive, Student Galleria and exhibits.
Topics: Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources, Second Life, Linden Lab, Morin,...
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Jan 6, 2018
01/18
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Allan Lundell
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1996 10 26 Earth 2 Avatars Out Takes Brett Kelly Steph Scully Vocce Om Alex Utterman Rob Tow Kitty David Traub Peter Bruce Damer Pan
Topics: Avatars, virtual worlds
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Aug 21, 2008
08/08
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How They Got Game Project, Stanford University
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Warsong Gulch is a player-versus-player(PvP) battleground nestled in the southern region of Ashenvale forest. It is located near the area where Grom Hellscream and his Orcs chopped away huge swaths of forest during the events of the Third War. Despite disagreements from Thrall and the shamans, some orcs have remained in the vicinity, continuing their deforestation to fuel the Horde's expansion. They call themselves the Warsong Outriders. The Night elves, who have begun a massive push to retake...
Topics: World of Warcraft, Blizzard Entertainment, PvP, Battlegrounds, Warsong Gulch, How They Got Game,...
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Aug 21, 2008
08/08
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How They Got Game Project, Stanford University
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Alphaville Granny Mabel shows me around her property, CreativeSurvival Island, an exact duplicate of the original popular property in the beta. Several signs and plaques describe CreativeSurvival Island's history, and is signed by many Sims. This footage was captured as part of the Preserving Virtual Worlds project by the How They Got Game group at Stanford University.
Topics: EA-Land, The Sims Online, Archiving Virtual Worlds, Electronic Arts, Creative Survival Island,...
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Jul 29, 2008
07/08
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How They Got Game Project, Stanford University
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BBC Film Network Cinema presents Matt Watt's "Bobsboxes", a short film about a man and a woman inhabiting TVs in a TV shop. This footage was captured as part of the Preserving Virtual Worlds project by the How They Got Game group at Stanford University.
Topics: Second Life, Archiving Virtual Worlds, Linden Lab, BBC, Film, Cinema, Television, Bobsboxes, Matt...
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Jun 2, 2008
06/08
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Douglas Wilson
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This video is one of two loops prepared by Douglas Wilson for an exhibit curated by Henry Lowood and Casey Alt of the How They Got Game Project, Stanford Humanities Lab, called "Fictional Worlds, Virtual Experiences: Storytelling and Computer Games." The exhibit was hosted by the Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University and ran from 12 Nov. 2003 through 28 March 2004. Featured games include The Legend of Zelda, The Legend of Zelda: Windwaker, Sim City 2000, Grand Theft...
Topics: Wilson, Douglas, How They Got Game project
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Jan 21, 2006
01/06
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JD Lasica
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This video is a screen capture of 16 minutes of a 90-minute appearance by author Prof. Lawrence Lessig discussing intellectual property law in front of 100 member of Linden Lab's Second Life virtual world on Jan. 18, 2006. All participants are represented by avatars. Philip Rosedale, founder and CEO of Linden Lab, is represented by Philip Linden here. This is a quite interesting, groundbreaking experience. To read the chat conversation, you can't see the words at Ourmedia's standard 320x240...
Topics: Virtual Worlds, Second Life, Lessig, Lawrence
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Jul 29, 2008
07/08
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How They Got Game Project, Stanford University
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Dance Island features clothing stores, and most importantly, several dancing areas headed by live DJs. Players gather for music, dancing, and socializing. This footage was captured as part of the Preserving Virtual Worlds project by the How They Got Game group at Stanford University.
Topics: Second Life, Archiving Virtual Worlds, Linden Lab, Dance Island, Dance, Entertainment, degtiar
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Jan 5, 2018
01/18
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Allan Lundell
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1996 10 26 Avatar Behind The Scenes SF Balloon Elevator Liberty Lights Drumming Brett Leonard David Traub Stephanie Sutton Michael Moore Carla King Wendy Sue Noah Fantuzzi Sun Bruce On 360 Turntable
Topics: Avatars, virtual worlds
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Aug 21, 2008
08/08
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How They Got Game Project, Stanford University
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The arenas compose a Player-versus-player(PvP) system implemented into World of Warcraft years after it was first released. This system offers a more competitive and rank-based experience with the sole objective of having a pre-organized team of 2, 3, or 5 players fight against others until everyone on a team is defeated. Teams have a rating that changes based on wins and losses. This rating is also used to automatically choose teams of similar strength to pit against each other. This system,...
Topics: World of Warcraft, Blizzard Entertainment, Player Vs. Player, Arenas, Grassburners, Nagrand Arena,...
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Jul 29, 2008
07/08
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How They Got Game Project, Stanford University
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A tour around the first area in Alice's Looking Glass/Mad Hatter Dance Club, a forest setting inspired by the classic story Alice in Wonderland. This footage was captured as part of the Preserving Virtual Worlds project by the How They Got Game group at Stanford University.
Topics: Second Life, Archiving Virtual Worlds, Linden Lab, Alice, Mad Hatter, Forest, degtiar
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Mar 10, 2009
03/09
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Max "Sigoya" Taha
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"Last night[28 Feb 2009], the MMO universe lost one of its own as Tabula Rasa 's AFS warriors stormed back to Earth for the final epic battle in New York's shattered streets. The battle was tough, but the fighters won, and the game was over. Thanks to the live team for the final stand and goodbye Tabula Rasa, we hardly knew you..." - Sigoya
Topics: Tabula Rasa, Shutdown, NCsoft, Taha, Max, Sigoya
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Oct 22, 2009
10/09
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Peggy Weil and Nonny de la Pena
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From the Walljumpers project - "WallJumpers Project A chronicle of the development of WALLJUMPERS, a transmedia project (Second Life, Machinima, Documentary Film, Google Earth) to leap over the world's separation border fences. WALLJUMPERS is a collaboration between Peggy Weil and Nonny de la Pena." - from the project website, http://walljumpersproject.blogspot.com/ "Acknowledgements. The Wall Jumper, a splendid novel by Peter Schneider introduced us to the notion of wall...
Topics: Second Life, Linden Lab, Drax, Bernhard, Weil, Peggy, De La Pena, Nonny, Walljumpers Project,...
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Aug 21, 2008
08/08
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How They Got Game Project, Stanford University
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The Caverns of Time are a collection of dungeon instances that contain a good amount of Warcraft lore. The quests lead you back through time to experience many eventful times in Warcraft history. In this instance, we defend Medivh against the Infinite Dragonflight in the Black Morass, who opens the Dark Portal between Azeroth and the Outland. A group of five players gets together to fight through the Black Morass and defend Medivh. This footage was captured as part of the Preserving Virtual...
Topics: World of Warcraft, Blizzard Entertainment, Player vs. Environment, Instances, Dark Portal, Black...
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Jul 29, 2008
07/08
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How They Got Game Project, Stanford University
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The tour of the Star Trek Museum Science shows many displays including Star Trek history and lore, starship models, ridable vehicles, and music. This footage was captured as part of the Preserving Virtual Worlds project by the How They Got Game group at Stanford University.
Topics: Second Life, Archiving Virtual Worlds, Linden Lab, Star Trek Museum of Science, degtiar
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Sep 6, 2006
09/06
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Munroe, Jim
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These are clips from a jam session six artists had with Gary's Mod for Half-Life 2.
Topics: Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Garry's Mod, Valve Software, Munroe, Jim, videogame, videogame jam, jam...
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Jul 29, 2008
07/08
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How They Got Game Project, Stanford University
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Many players gather for dancing at a popular club in Second Life. It also features a camping system of sorts to make linden bucks (the currency in Second Life). This footage was captured as part of the Preserving Virtual Worlds project by the How They Got Game group at Stanford University.
Topics: Second Life, Archiving Virtual Worlds, Linden Lab, Dance Club, degtiar
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Jan 13, 2009
01/09
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cecil hirvi
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A virtual fashion show in Second Life
Topics: Cecil Hirvi, machinima, second life
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Feb 16, 2014
02/14
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Bibliotheca Anonoma Task Force
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The 4chan Cup ============= The 4chan Cup is a series of virtual soccer tournaments played between soccer teams, that represent nearly every board on 4chan. The teams, the commentators, and the fans of the cup powerfully depict each board's unique culture, rivalries, and traditions. The 2013 4chan Summer Cup had over 2,700 unique viewers for it's most popular matches, a viewership that rivals that of physical soccer tournaments. Check out the spectacular introduction by Ken Ashcorp: Promo:...
Topics: 4chan, The 4chan Cup, Sports, E-Sports, Pro Evolution Soccer, Soccer, Football, Bibliotheca Anonoma
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Oct 15, 2009
10/09
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Bernhard Drax
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This machinima documentary by Bernhard Drax is a "chronicle of the development of GONE GITMO, a virtual installation of Guantanamo Bay Prison in Second Life. GONE GITMO is a collaboration between Nonny de la Pena and Peggy Weil." For more information, see the Gone Gitmo website, http://gonegitmo.blogspot.com. This website also includes a direct link via SLURL to Gone Gitmo on Network Culture Island in Second Life. It also includes press links. Gone Gitmo was a European, Every Human...
Topics: Second Life, Linden Lab, Drax, Bernhard, Weil, Peggy, De La Pena, Nonny, Gone Gitmo, Guantanomo Bay
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Jul 29, 2008
07/08
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How They Got Game Project, Stanford University
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In this Alice in Wonderland-themed region, two people play chess on a giant chessboard, while a short stroll reveals a storybook-themed maze. This footage was captured as part of the Preserving Virtual Worlds project by the How They Got Game group at Stanford University.
Topics: Second Life, Archiving Virtual Worlds, Linden Lab, Alice, Mad Hatter, Mazes, Chess, Storybook,...
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Aug 21, 2008
08/08
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How They Got Game Project, Stanford University
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I take a small tour of Shattrath, the huge sanctuary city in the heart of the Outland, on my flying mount. This footage was captured as part of the Preserving Virtual Worlds project by the How They Got Game group at Stanford University.
Topics: World of Warcraft, Blizzard Entertainment, Shattrath City, Outland, World of Warcraft: The Burning...
